Man collapses and dies at restaurant


Published on: Sunday, February 06, 2011


Kota Kinabalu: A 56-year-old man died after vomiting blood at a restaurant at Tanjung Aru here two days ago.

Lim Teo Keng @Kheng, who lived above the restaurant, had just gone to the eatery when the incident occurred at 3.50am.

The shop owner, who contacted the police, said Lim vomited blood before he collapsed on the ground.

Police and paramedics rushed to the scene where Lim was pronounced dead.

His body has been taken to hospital and claimed by family members.

Police have ruled out foul play and classified the case as sudden death.

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Unhealthy growth of medical schools

2011/03/05
P. Selvarani
nsunt@nst.com.my


KUALA LUMPUR: With too many medical schools, lack of teaching staff and insufficient training facilities, Malaysia is in danger of producing sub-standard medical graduates.

Former director-general of health Tan Sri Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman said: "Too many medical schools have been allowed to be started in too short a time."

He said this could become a problem when the country produced thousands of doctors who may not be as good "as they could be".


"We don't want numbers. We want quality: quality of medical schools, quality of medical graduates, quality of post-graduates. What we should be doing is working hard to make sure our medical schools are of international standard."

Commenting on the mushrooming of medical schools and the low quality of medical graduates, Dr Abu Bakar, who was D-G of health from 1991 to 2001, said the the authorities needed to consider the country's health planning when setting up medical schools.

"During my time, we used to advise the Education Ministry (the authority for higher education before the setting up of the Higher Education Ministry) on the formation of new medical schools, based on the country's health planning needs.


"There was coordination in terms of what was needed and what was the production capacity.

"For example, whenever there was a request for a medical school to be formed, the ministry would enquire which hospital would be used for training. The prospective universities would come to us and we would discuss with them what they were going to do.

"We allocated hospitals to them so that they had facilities for training and clinical experience. Without that, they could not go to the ministry to consider their application. They had to consult the ministry before it could get the approval.


"That was how it was when universities such as Sheffield, International Medical University and Monash set up their medical schools. It was difficult to get a medical school licence then. But now it appears that this link between the Health Ministry and the Higher Education Ministry in terms of manpower needs is not there."

Dr Abu Bakar, who is now IMU president, said co-ordination between the authorities was important, otherwise, the process of educating doctorswould not be done in a way that met the standards of local and foreign universities.

"Too many public universities are also being built too quickly and this is not healthy. There are too many housemen now, so supervising them can be difficult. And we worry they may not get adequate training."

He said producing 20-odd medical schools in fewer than 10 years did not make sense, adding that there was a need for the authorities to justify the existence of these schools through evidence-based decision making.

"At present, every state wants to have a medical school. But is there a need? Some don't even have enough training hospitals."

Having too many medical schools also results in difficulties in recruiting academic staff, who are in short supply locally and abroad.

He said even IMU, which has been in the industry for 19 years, found it difficult to recruit the right staff, adding that although a doctor may be a specialist, he may not necessarily make a good academic.

"We need experienced people with academic management skills, curriculum planning, assessment, benchmarking and accreditation."

On the quality of students pursuing medical studies, Dr Abu Bakar said while good grades were important criteria for entry to medical schools, students should also have the aptitude and desire to serve the community.

"The essence of being a doctor is to serve. Just because you are a bright student doesn't make you a good doctor.

"You must have other attributes such as being interested in people, the desire to help others, patience, and the independence of thinking and learning,"

He added that he had come across cases of intelligent students not doing well in their medical exams because of a lack of interest.

"Some students graduate but they don't want to practise because they are not interested in medicine; they took it up only because of pressure from their parents."

Those intending to pursue medical studies, he added, should opt for local public and private medical schools, especially in terms of meeting the local needs, failing which they should consider medical schools in the Commonwealth countries or the United States, which have a similar healthcare system to Malaysia .

He advised them to avoid studying medicine in other countries where the healthcare system was different than that of Malaysia.

"If you send them to Russia or the Ukraine, they are trained to perform in the healthcare system of their host country, which is not similar to the system here. I have reservations about that. But that does not mean they cannot perform.

"And why do you need to send them to other places where they have to learn a different language? Why do you place such a huge burden on them? There are more than enough local programmes here for them."

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Friday March 11, 2011

Liow: Students can study anywhere after changes to Medical Act

By LOH FOON FONG, FLORENCE A. SAMY and ISABELLE LAI
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian students will be able to study medicine in any institution in the world when amendments are made to the Medical Act 1971.

However, they will now have to sit for a licensing examination before being registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC).

Among the amendments to the Act involves abolishing the Second Schedule, which lists the 375 recognised medical institutions from 34 countries now, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

When the schedule is scrapped, medical students will be free to study in any institution of their choice — but would first need to obtain the “No Objection” certificate from the Ministry of Higher Education.

no, the pharmacist will not........

prescription errors is a small part of the 'mess'.......it purely relates to handwriting problems, and dosage discrepancies.....the pharmacist cannot, and is not trained to, correct diagnosis and treatment errors........

doctoring involves much much more than prescriptions and medications.....

Dr Hasan is new Health DG, takes over from Dr Ismail Merican

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman has been appointed as the new Health Director-General effective Friday.

He was the Deputy DG of Public Health and takes over from Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican, whose tenure ended on March 4, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Sidek Hassan said Friday in a press statement.

Dr Hasan, 55, holds a master's degree in public health and a bachelor's degree in medicine, both from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

He was the ministry's disease control division director between 2007 and 2009 and Pahang Health Director from 2004 to 2007.

Dr Hasan is an active member in the country's medical fraternity, among others, as the member of the infection and antibiotic control committee and a member of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health executive committee, the statement said. - Bernama

...If AIMST or even Monash are calling themselves world-class, how would PUGSOM describe itself? Best university in the world?...

how about,global medic?

he did not step down.....he is actually retired, but had been re-employed on a contract basis, which had been renewed several times before........

his contract is now not renewed...........

Anybody read NST today?

looks like Alliance and CUCMS are one of the accredited medical institutions.

published: Friday May 20, 2011 MYT 5:31:00 PM

Johns Hopkins medical programme in M’sia will be a big lure: PM

WASHINGTON: The opening of the world-renowned teaching and research medical institution Johns Hopkins University in Serdang, Malaysia this September would be a big lure, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The prime minister said it was expected to attract students, not only from other nations in the region, but also from Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.

"I am confident the Johns Hopkins medical programme will be a phenomenal lure," he said at an event to mark the establishment of the Johns Hopkins Dr Mohan Swami Institute for International Medical Education at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, about an hour's drive from here.

Najib arrived here Friday after a three-day working visit to New York.

Also present at the event Friday were Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, Malaysian Ambassador to the United States Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis, Tan Sri Mohan Swami and top leadership of the university, including Edward D. Miller, the Chief Executive Officer of Johns Hopkins University.

The Johns Hopkins medical programme will be offered in collaboration with Perdana University and offer the first private teaching hospital with world-class medical facilities to be established in Serdang under the Mohan's Chase Perdana group.

wow. .already got 100 students. not bad.

i had gone through the unis from mmc...but how do i go about applying and finding out the fees of those unis? also how much is the entire course in bangalore...?also regarding the 5 years freeze on medical courses? what do they meant by that? does it mean i cant study overseas?

Sunday July 3, 2011
Second degree in medicine

By ALYCIA LIM

educate@thestar.com.my

STUDENTS who have completed their first degree in the science field can soon pursue a a graduate degree in medicine with Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (Pugsom), which will open its doors for the first intake of students in September.



Adopting the full model of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Johns Hopkins) in Maryland, the United States (US), the institution will be using the “Genes to Society” curriculum, which encourages students to explore the biological properties of a patient’s health within a larger integrated system of social, cultural, psychological and environmental variables for its four-year doctor of medicine (MD) degree.

At an information session on the institution recently, Pugsom dean and chief executive officer Prof Dr Charles Wiener explained, “The benefits of going into medicine after the first degree is that students would have a greater sense of altruism, and they would be more prepared for the course.

“Because of their maturity and academic preparation, the curriculum can also be more demanding, and allows for more research to be done.”

More legal suits to follow for those who were denied places and taken for a ride.

Sabah to get 3,000 MOs in due course, says Liow




Published on: Tuesday, August 09, 2011



Kota Kinabalu: The Health Ministry aims to provide 3005 medical officers, including more specialists, to overcome the shortage of doctors in Sabah in the coming years.

Its Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said it has been sending 800 medical officers a year for specialist training, double that of previous years.

"Before 2008, we sent 400 medical officers for specialist training but due to the perennial shortage of doctors and specialists in Sabah and in the country, we are now sending 800 of them per year as we are emphasising on specialist training.

"In Sabah, there are 207 specialists and 2005 nationwide.

And still we are very short of them. We took another initiative by offering scholarships for the medical officers to pursue their medical studies to be specialists after they completed two years of housemanship," he said.

Sunday September 18, 2011

Aspiring doctors start their journey

By KAREN CHAPMAN
educate@thestar.com.my

It is never too late to pursue your dreams, say students of the newly-launched Perdana University.

ALTHOUGH she was inspired by the patients she worked with as a cancer researcher, Koo Khai Nee felt she could do more to alleviate the patients’ suffering as a doctor.

This prompted her to give up her career as a researcher in a cancer research facility in Singapore to pursue medicine.
Perdana University board of governors chairman Tan Sri Dr Mohan Swami presenting a gift to Najib after the latter opened the institution on Monday.

Khai Nee, who completed an undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), said she has wanted to study medicine from a young age but did not get the opportunity to do so.



“When I heard about the Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (Pugsom) and the four-year doctor of medicine programme, I jumped at the opportunity,” she shared.

Khai Nee said she wants people to know it is not too late to pursue their dreams even if they have been working for a few years.

She is part of the pioneer group of 24 students who are in Pugsom’s medical programme.

“At 30, I don’t know if I am the oldest in class but I feel that as a mature student, I can make more informed decisions,” shared Khai Nee who got married last year.

Concurring with her is Malini Fonseka, 27, who held a good job in recruitment but opted to give it up for medicine.

“The professors asked why I wanted to study medicine when I was doing well in my career but my dream has always been to become a doctor,” shared the microbiology graduate from UPM.
Pioneer batch: (from left) Khai Nee, Malini and Benny feel they can make more informed decisions as they are entering Pugsom with several years of work experience.


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